Janani Paramsothy, an impact and sustainability specialist, explores what you do when the people holding power make us uncomfortable. Janani will also be speaking at our online conference in October, you can find out more here The changing political climate brings new risks and challenges for social landlords: how to

Written by James Carss, CEO at Castle Peak Group The Leaders We Need Tomorrow Are Looking for Their First Opportunity Today Having spent more than two decades recruiting senior leaders, one lesson has stayed with me throughout my career: diverse leadership doesn’t begin in the boardroom. It begins years earlier,

Written by Lubna Haq, Director at New Street Consulting Group For many years the housing sector has invested significant time and energy in improving diversity and inclusion. Organisations have worked hard to increase representation, create more inclusive cultures and ensure colleagues feel able to contribute. These are important achievements and,

On a muggy, overcast yet hot day in June, in the heart of post-industrial Digbeth, Birmingham, a renovated Unitarian chapel provided the glamorous setting for HDN’s first-ever Development Conference. Replacing the regular celebration event at the end of the Staff Development and Mentoring Programme, the new Development Conference aims to

The riots that broke out in August 2024 represented the most extreme and widespread racist violence and disorder in the UK for decades. Across the UK, rioters clashed with police, targeted hotels housing asylum seekers, mosques and Muslim cemeteries, looted shops and attacked people of colour. Since then, more communities

Aisha’s Story: Aisha is a senior project manager. Ten years in housing. Consistently excellent performance reviews. Multiple successful delivery programmes behind her. She’s applied for three director roles internally. Each time, feedback praised her competence. Each time, the role went to someone who “had more board exposure” – exposure she